Iko Iko

Iko Iko: Chords

FA
 Ayo, Big Wave (welcome)

Turn the mic on

Small Jam alongside J. W.

FA
My bestie and your bestie
               DO
Sit down by di fire

Your bestie say she wan' party
                               FA
So can we make these flames go higher?

Talkin' hey now (hey now), hey now (hey now)
           DO
Iko, iko a nae

Jock-a-mo fee-no ai na-ney
              FA
Jock-a-mo fee na-ey (boom)

FA
Start my truck let's all jump in
             DO
Here we go together

Nice cool breeze and big palm trees
                                FA
I'll tell you life don't get no better

Talkin' hey now (hey now), hey now (hey now)
           DO
Iko, iko a nae

Jock-a-mo fee-no ai na-ney
                 FA
Jock-a-mo fee na-ey
                                        DO
A keia mamang gwele step on the dancin' floor
                       
Hips be windin', DJ rewindin'
                      FA
Take it to the island way
                                   DO
Keio baby mama put on your dancin' shoes

One drop it, pop it low now, 
 
take it to the max now
                      FA
Jammin' the small jam way
                      
Jammin' the small jam way

FA
My bestie and your bestie
              DO
Dancin' by di fire

Your bestie say she wan' party
                               FA
So can we make these flames go higher?
                                    
Talkin' hey now (hey now), hey now (hey now)
           DO
Iko, iko a nae (whoa)

Jock-a-mo fee-no ai na-ney
                 FA
Jock-a-mo fee na-ey
          
Let me take it from here
                       
Solomon girl straight up right hoochie mama
                            DO
Make we party non stop in a island banda
              
Swing those hips and back it up to mi ragga
                          FA      
A chance fi party ladies, do the Dougie Dougie

I'm jammin' island reggae reppin' blue, 

green and yellow

Me tappin on mi beat,
              DO
make you slow whine for me, baby

Speakers pumpin', people jumpin'
                         FA
We're jammin' the island way

FA
Shout out to the good time crew
               DO
All across the islands
                
Grab your shoes then we'll two-by-two
                                  FA
And now we're shinin' bright like diamonds
                                     
Talkin' hey now (hey now), hey now (hey now)
           DO
Iko, iko a nae (whoa)

Jock-a-mo fee-no ai na-ney
                 FA
Jock-a-mo fee na-ey

Yes

One drop it, pop it low now, 

take it to the max now
                      DO
Jammin' the small jam way

Wind it
FA             
Whine up, go down, whine up, go down
                DO 
Twist your body backwards (we go, we go)

We go left left, we go right right
                      FA
Turn it around and forward 

(whine and go down again)

Whine up, go down, whine up, go down
                DO
Twist your body backwards (twist it back)

We go left left, we go right right
                   FA
Turn it around and forward

FA
My bestie and your bestie
              DO
Dancin' by di fire
 
Your bestie say she wan' party
                               FA
So can we make these flames go higher?

Talkin' hey now (hey now), hey now (hey now)
           DO
Iko, iko a nae (whoa)

Jock-a-mo fee-no ai na-ney
                 FA
Jock-a-mo fee na-ey
DO               FA
Jock-a-mo fee na-ey
DO               FA
Jock-a-mo fee na-ey
DO               FA
Jock-a-mo fee na-ey

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Iko Iko è un brano reinterpretato da Justin Wellington, pubblicato come singolo nel 2019. Canzone che risale al 1963, porta la firma degli Sugar Boy and His Cane Cutters; nel corso dei decenni sono state molte le cover di questo pezzo e tutte in stili differenti. La versione del cantautore australiano ci regala un sound moderno in grado di ridare vitalità ad un testo che trasmette gioia, festa, divertimento: ricorda una giornata-tipo ai Caraibi!

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Alberto Moneti

36 anni, polistrumentista: pianoforte, chitarra, batteria, clarinetto. Ha conseguito la licenza in teoria musicale e solfeggio presso il Conservatorio Cherubini di Firenze. Dal 1997 è organista presso la Basilica di Santa Maria del Sasso, a Bibbiena (AR).